1960 ⟶ Military Coup in Turkey
Military coup in Turkey purges executive, military, judiciar...
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🇹🇷 Military Coup in Turkey
Military coup in Turkey purges executive, military, judiciary branches and university.⟶
TurkeyMilitary CoupPoliticsGovernance20th CenturySecularismLeadership
Turkey🇹🇷 Turkish Invasion of Cyprus
Turkey launched a military invasion on Cyprus 1974 following the coup d'état engineered by the Greek junta.⟶
WarCyprusTurkeyMilitaryInterventionPoliticsEthnic Conflict
CyprusTurkey🇹🇷 Turkish Military Coup
General Evren deposes Turkish prime minister in a coup in which 500,000 were arrested. The military would rule for three years, then Evren acted as president until the end of 1989.⟶
TurkeyMilitary CoupPolitical InstabilityGovernancePoliticsKemalismCold WarArmyHuman RightsAuthoritarianism
Turkey🇹🇷 Necmettin Erbakan becomes Prime Minister of Turkey
After leading his Welfare Party to a surprise victory in the 1995 general elections, Necmettin Erbakan becomes the first pro-Islamic Prime Minister of modern Turkey.⟶
TurkeyNecmettin ErbakanWelfare PartyIslamismPolitical IslamSecularismGovernance
Turkey💥 Military Coup in Pakistan led by Pervez Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf seizes control of Pakistan after a military coup against the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.⟶
PakistanMilitaryCoupPervez MusharrafGovernancePoliticsSouth AsiaNawaz Sharif
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